| Rio Health Quebra Pedra - The
'Stone Breaker'
Observer, August 2006, Susan
Clark
My husband has just recovered
from treatment to get rid of a kidney stone. He is anxious not to get
another one. What advice can you give him?
One of the more
fascinating aspects about reporting on natural health has been discovering
that traditional healers often identified their remedies according to
something that is known as 'the signature of plants'. The remedy I am going
to recommend for your husband is a rainforest plant called Quebra Pedra
which means stone-breaker. I saw for myself the signature of these plants in
action in the Amazon, struggling to grow up through a stony patch of river
bank.
Quebra Pedra has both
anti-inflammatory and anti-spasmodic properties and so is useful for anyone
who is still suffering from painful kidney stones, as well as those who want
to avoid getting another one.
Quebra Pedra is also known by a number of
other names: Chanca Piedra, Stone Breaker, Pitirishi, Shatter Stone, Quinina
Criolla,Quabra Pedra, Hurricane Weed, Phyllanthus niruri.
Quebra Pedra (aka. Chanca Piedra) is a small herb that grows up to 30 or
40cm in height - and is commonly known as 'the Stone Breaker.' It is
indigenous to the rainforests of Brazil.
Traditionally the herb is prepared as an
infusion, so Rio Health offer easy to use teabags or potent capsules which
are an equally effective and convenient way to use this wonderful herb.
Rio Health sources this small but powerful
plant through a network of individual and experienced gatherers who have
great expertise in the identification of medicinal herbs. The individual
harvests are also positively identified in a botanical laboratory in the
University of Sao Paulo, where levels of the actives are continually
checked.
Ingredients: 500mg of Quebra Pedra (Phyllanthus niruri) pure extract
powder at 5:1 strength ratio, capsule shell: vegetable cellulose.
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